Xi's vision helps boost nation's winter sports

By XU WEI in Beijing and HAN JUNHONG in Changchun | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2022-02-14 07:01 People enjoy a sunny winter's day of skating and sledding on the ice at central Beijing's Shichahai Lake on Feb 1. CHEN XIAOGEN/FOR CHINA DAILY Spawning growth Foreign investors have also benefited from the ski center's development over the years. Tian Moyi, a marketing manager of MND Group, a French company that deals in ropeways, snow systems, mountain safety and leisure infrastructure, said the immense potential for winter sports in China was behind the company's decision to launch a joint venture in Zhangjiakou in 2017. Shu Wen, executive vice-president of Genting Snow Park in Chongli, a ski resort backed by Malaysian investment, was also optimistic that China's winter sports sector will register more robust growth after the Games. "For China, to develop more elite athletes and to cultivate more widespread recreational participation requires a system of coaching, and more indoor skating rinks, ski lifts and special facilities for some sports like halfpipe, aerials and ski jumping," said Brownell, the sports anthropologist.